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Here's my newly created braided leather bolo belt. Not to sure about the back closure, but it's screen accurate so oh well. Used 21 braids, but I'll probably be getting rid of two of them when I have time. I used the 6mm bolo from MJ Trim and the belt's width is just shy of 5.25".
The entire project took me the better part of the day, and I only had one setback.

I'll post the pics and they're pretty much self explanatory. But I will say that I did sand down each braid strip with 100 grit sand paper to rough up the surface and smooth out the edges because the glue wasn't sticking as well in the test-runs with scrap pieces. I also did test-runs with glues like Goop(fabric), E6000, & Superglue(gel and liquid); and none of them performed as well as Tandy's LeatherCraft Cement where the viscosity of it seemed to penetrate the leathers better. And I also used two types of leathers on the belt: leather piece taken from an old bomber jacket on the inside, and 2-3 oz belly hide on the closure edges and cover.

Tk-938, it's a strip of 1/8" sintra cut 2.25" wide. I heated it up on one end, folded it over onto itself in a half circle, superglued and bondo'd it to close the gap, and then trimmed the sides at angles.

Things I'd do differently next time:
1. move the circle pieces of leather(with the snaps for the holsters) closer towards the middle because the snaps get in the way when I've got this thing on and I'm trying to push the cover piece over when taking the belt off.

2. use the accurate 4 ply 6mm leather cord, but I'm too lazy to braid it right now. I did find this place in India that has it, but I emailed them and they replied with a minimum order of 500 yards at $170 per 100 yards. What would I do with 500 yards of this stuff.

I'll post the pics and they're pretty much self explanatory. But I will say that I did sand down each braid strip with 100 grit sand paper to rough up the surface and smooth out the edges because the glue wasn't sticking as well in the test-runs with scrap pieces. I also did test-runs with glues like Goop(fabric), E6000, & Superglue(gel and liquid); and none of them performed as well as Tandy's LeatherCraft Cement where the viscosity of it seemed to penetrate the leathers better. And I also used two types of leathers on the belt: leather piece taken from an old bomber jacket on the inside, and 2-3 oz belly hide on the closure edges and cover.

2. use the accurate 4 ply 6mm leather cord, but I'm too lazy to braid it right now. I did find this place in India that has it, but I emailed them and they replied with a minimum order of 500 yards at $170 per 100 yards. What would I do with 500 yards of this stuff.

Cruzer

Make a bunch of belts for your brothers here? Just one idea. Or get a bunch of people together and order the stuff so people can make it them self. How many yards does it take to make a single belt?

You know Predatormv, that's a good idea, and I thought about that today and tried to figure out the totals. At that price it comes out to approximately $45 for 25 yards(which is how much it takes for a person with a waist of 39" in costume). That's about a third of the cost of the MJtrim stuff and plus it's more accurate. But it would take a gibuttload of people commiting with cash cuz the purchase would be about $900 with shipping.

I know of one person who has contacted me and I've agreed to make another belt for them, and I would be good for another belt, but who else would be interested?

Here's the website link to the stuff, and the lady who replied said they could provide it in a 6mm 4 ply medium-brown color.

I replied to the lady of the company who handles sales and told her I couldn't use or afford 500 yards of bolo. She came back with a counter price quote on a smaller amount of bolo material. Here's what she wrote as it is cut and pasted:

I can reduce the quantity to 300 yards.Total cost inclusive shipping will be 490 Euros.It will reach at your door in 15 days.I am sending the color card in the attachment.

I haven't figured out what that comes to yet a yard, but take a look at the color chart on the third page of the weblink above and tell me what color you think would be idea.

I replied to the lady of the company who handles sales and told her I couldn't use or afford 500 yards of bolo. She came back with a counter price quote on a smaller amount of bolo material. Here's what she wrote as it is cut and pasted:

I haven't figured out what that comes to yet a yard, but take a look at the color chart on the third page of the weblink above and tell me what color you think would be idea.

Maybe this is possible?

Cruzer

490.00 Euros = 590.83 US dollars (From XE.com)

So that is about $1.97 per yard. $49.25 for 25 yards. Only slighty higher in cost, but you don't have to buy as much of the cord.